What should be minimum education qualification for politician?

Question

In a successful company like Infosys,reliance,wipro etc. a lot of management skill is needed and for that MBA and Technical graduates are very important root cause....so why for a big company i.e. our country INDIA no min qualification is needed for a politician for elections...so what should it be??? Bcom,BE, MBA, plus a good working experience..or ???

Answer 1

the minimum education qualification for a politician?
I think a term in prison should do it.

Answer 2

It requires a heart and soul to govern a nation besides other skills like management.
People that can capture the hearts of the masses get elected. When the voting masses themselves are not much educated, they would prefer to vote one like them, as they believe that the person would then understand their problems better.
It would be a good suggestion for the election commissioner to start putting a minimum education level for contesting elections. maybe they could start at rock bottom,with Kindergarten, in that way it would ensure nobody got kicked out for lack of education.(Kindergarten does not issue certificates so not having gone to one, would be hard to prove)
Over the next 2-3 generations they may raise it to an MBA in Nation management.

Answer 3

OOOOhhh that is such a good question. Unfortunately, I have wrestled with that all my life. I am old now and while the kind of technical education you refere to absolutely doesn't take the place of good character, a moral, and ethical person. Don't need a greedy, evil sociopathic technical genius to be in charge now do we. It is late but i would like to tacke that old issue again. i will bring it up myself later this week and perhaps you will suggest and answer. i certainly don't hve it tonite. tired. But it must be solved as tenhnology only becmes more complex. At the other extreme, i cannot trust a religious head to interpet all that is going on. It looks impossible. We need a brilliant man? We need a man of highest morality and justice. Who is litke that. I am brillian and I am fair and want the best for this world. But I have a problem. I won't be the one. You probably won't the one. We need "the one."

Answer 4

A diploma or degree is not a function of intelligence and work experience is almost always infinitely more valuable than a college education. While I would usually expect a candidate for President or VP to have a college degree, I am more than willing accept the appropriate work experience instead - especially for Senators or Congressmen.

To be totally honest, I could even vote for someone with nothing higher than a GED if the work experience was right.

Answer 5

I don't think any education above High School should be necessary, but it should be mandated by the people. I mean there has not been a non-college graduate in congress for a long time now... it is a difficult process, and if you don't stand up to your peers you will not get in. The problem only occurs at the local level where power is least concentrated and therefore is the least likely to be messed up.

Answer 6

You and I are asking the question now after 61 years ! In 1947, Gandhi thought that every Indian should get the chance to rule the country- irrespective of education, financial status, caste creed and community. His team mates-down right patriots- also endorsed his views with out a long range perspective- despite witnessing the greed for power and money from the second line political leaders down. That was how the constitution of India was designed - with full of loop holes, enabling clever diabolical minded politicians to get unlimited power and to make unlimited money -with out speed breakers- or restrictive punitive clauses with the minimum of capital punishment- to hang the erring politicians misusing their powers or making money or wasting public money

Answer 7

I have met several people that have had an elementary level education, with a firmer grasp of reality, than these politicians we have now. Working lower paying jobs their whole lives, knowing what it takes to make sure the bills are paid. I think if we elected a few of these folks to office, we'd end up in a more balanced position.
Besides they might think a simple thought like 'hey that means I'd have to pay more taxes too', instead of make everyone pay more taxes.

Answer 8

In my opinion the minimum educational qualification should be BA having political sciense, sociology and philosphy as the main subject and most imortantly he should have clean character certificate. Any person having probed in some anti-social activities or probed in any kind of offence should be immediately debarred from taking contest in the election untill and unless he gets the clean chit from the hon'ble court.

Answer 9

A tremendous number of US politicians have a Bachelor's (minimum) and a law degree. I don't believe that this is an official requirement to run for political offices, but the winners usually have them.

Answer 10

No education is really necessary. Only honesty. Unfortunately, using that as a criteria would generally disqualify every politician.